headgear vs cap

cap vs headgear

headgear and cap both are nouns.

headgear is not a verb while cap is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
headgear	Yes	No	No	No
cap	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, cap is a hyponym of headgear; that is, cap is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than headgear:

headgear: clothing for the head
cap: a tight-fitting headdress

Other hyponyms of headgear include chapeau, hat, lid, helmet, hood, jeweled headdress, jewelled headdress, kaffiyeh, miter, mitre, topknot, turban, wimple, kamilavka.

headgear (noun)	cap (noun)
clothing for the head	a tight-fitting headdress
stable gear consisting of any part of a harness that fits about the horse's head	the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
the hoist at the pithead of a mine	a top (as for a bottle)
	something serving as a cover or protection
	(dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth
	a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive
	an upper limit on what is allowed
	a protective covering that is part of a plant
	a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom

headgear (verb)	cap (verb)
	restrict the number or amount of
	lie at the top of

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